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It’s an age-old question. What is prayer, and does it really work. There are thousands of pseudo-scientific studies showing the myriad of ways prayer will work if we can somehow coerce ourselves into “believing,” or using the...

Herein we continue, from part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4, considering objections raised by an Atheist from “The Skeptic Arena” who goes by the pseudonym “Neo” with regards to my repository website TrueFreethinker’s ...

Herein we continue, from part 1, part 2 and part 3, considering objections raised by an Atheist from “The Skeptic Arena” who goes by the pseudonym “Neo” with regards to my repository website TrueFreethinker’s &ldquo...

Herein we continue, from part 1, considering objections raised by an Atheist from “The Skeptic Arena” who goes by the pseudonym “Neo” with regards to my repository website TrueFreethinker’s “About” page...

An Atheist from “The Skeptic Arena” who goes by the pseudonym “Neo” featured my repository website TrueFreethinker’s “About” page within a June 28, 2014 AD podast. Basically, he read the page whilst...

Biologists or, rather, Darwinist, PZ Myers has announced “I officially divorce myself from the skeptic movement.” Interestingly, with his divorce proceedings, as it were, he noted, “the existence of gods is not a testable claim...

On May 7 and May 8, Ken Klukowski of Breitbart.com posted three more articles attacking the Military Religious Freedom Foundation(MRFF)or the U.S. military over the religious neutrality policy. The first article, "Pentagon began relationship...

Military sexual assault revelations on Tuesday and Wednesday seemed to vindicate at least part of the message delivered to U.S. military leaders on April 23 by Larry Wilkerson, Mikey Weinstein, and former ambassador Joe Wilson. A hostile publicity...

I have listedMichael Shermer’s evidence to date for a “War on Science”alongside the evidence I used to claim the right was engaged in a War so people could see if they find them equivalent. Then I gave the definition Chris Mooney...

Michael Shermer, editor ofSkeptic Magazine, seems to have an ideological need to create a liberal "War on Science" to balance out the undeniable one on the right. Because the universe does not make equivalent examples easy to find,...

Word was released today of the death of Paul Kurtz, one of the superstars of the non-theist movement. Paul was 86 yrs old, and he lived a life dedicated to expanding understanding of the non-theist worldview.Most recently, he was the Institute for...

Like many cities and towns with roots in the Gold Rush, Sacramento has its share of ghost stories and legends. However, the vast majority of these tales have no basis in fact. Unfortunately, many people that are interested in paranormal phenomena...

How anyone could have ever asked such a question as “Where did Cain get his wife?” is flummoxing enough, but how such a question has persisted for millennia is the stuff of utter dismay.A specific Google search for the particular...

A critical reading of the Koran by a beginner, skeptic, and non-Muslim ...for now (open to it)Surah 1. Al Fatihah (The Opening)In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.Praise be to Allah,The Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds;Most...

“If I were in there [church on Sunday morning], I know what I’d be doing. And that would be standing up and proclaiming something I not longer believe in.”On March 26, 2012, Teresa MacBain, pastor at Lake Jackson United Methodist...